From the Kings College Chapel in Cambridge
Rogers Covey-Crump — tenor (Evangelist)
Michael George — bass (Jesus)
Emma Kirkby — soprano
Michael Chance — alto
Martyn Hill — tenor
David Thomas — bass
The Choir of Kings College Cambridge
The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge (Soprano in ripieno)
The Brandenburg Consort (Roy Goodman — leader)
Stephen Cleobury — conductor
1:00 Part One
1. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen – O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (Chorus I
J. S. Bach
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Vol. 3 CD 1
Cantatas:
BWV 24 [17:01]
BWV 185 [14:41]
BWV 177 [25:06]
BWV 71 [18:30]
Recorded at Tewkesbury Abbey England
J. S. Bach
Cantatas:
BWV 194
BWV 176 [10:29]
BWV 165 [12:54]
BWV 129 [18:52]
Soprano: Ruth Holton
Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor
Tenor: Paul Agnew
Bass: Peter Harvey
Monteverdi Choir:
Sopranos: Suzanne Flowers, Gillian Keith, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Katharine Fuge, Elisabeth Priday, Joanne Lunn
Altos: Elinor Carter, Mark Chambers, Angus Davidson, Charles Humphries
Tenors: Rory OConnor, Paul Tindall, Peter Butterfield, Nicolas Robertson
Basses: Julian Clarkson, Charles Pott, Robert Evans, Michael McCarthy
English Baroque Soloists:
Violins 1: Alison Bury, Penelope Spencer, Catherine Martin, Debbie Diamond, Jane Gillie
Violins 2: Lucy Howard, Matthew Truscott, Silvia Schweinberger, Desmond Heath
Violas: Annette Isserlis, Katherine McGillivray, Colin Kitching
Cellos: Melanie Beck, Helen Verney
Double-bass: Valerie Botwright
Flute: Rachel Beckett
Oboes: Edouard Wesley, Mark Baigent, Jasu Moisio
Bassoon: Philip Turbett
Trumpets: Mark Bennett, Mike Harrison, Paul Sharp
Timpani: John Chimes
Harpsichord: Howard Moody
Organ: Robert Quinney
John Eliot Gardiner
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage:
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Gardiner-Rec4.htm
Volume 27 CD-2
From the Chapelle de la Trinité, Château de Fontainebleau,
13th-century Christian hymn to Mary «Stabat Mater» by Giavanni Battista Pergolesi
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0:00 Stabat Mater
3:19 «Stabat Mater Dolorosa»
7:15 «Cujus animam gementem»
8:51 «O quam tristis et afflicta»
11:17 «Quae moerebat et dolebat»
13:37 «Quis est homo»—«Pro peccatis suae gentis...»
16:23 «Vidit suum dulcem natum»
19:30 «Eja mater fons amoris»
21:31 «Fac ut ardeat cor meum»
24:13 «Sancta mater, istud agas»
29:42 «Fac ut portem Christi mortem»
33:03 «Inflammatus et accensus»
35:24 «Quando corpus morietur» — «Amen...»
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704
Marie-Sophie Pollak — soprano
Raffaele Pe — countertenor
Krystian Adam — tenor
Kresimir Strazanac — bass
Václav Luks — conductor
George Frideric Händel — Messiah, HWV 56 — Part 1
1:40 Scene 1: Isaiahs prophecy of salvation
1. Sinfonie (instrumental)
2. Comfort ye my people (tenor)
3. Evry valley shall be exalted (air for tenor)
4. And the glory of the Lord (anthem chorus)
13:40 Scene 2: The coming judgment
5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts (accompanied recitative for bass)
6. But who may abide the day of His coming (soprano, alto or bass)
7. And he shall purify the sons of Levi (chorus)
21:34 Scene 3: The prophecy of Christs birth
8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (alto)
9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (air for alto and chorus)
10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (bass)
11. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (bass)
12. For unto us a child is born (duet chorus)
37:02 Scene 4: The annunciation to the shepherds
13. Pifa («pastoral symphony»: instrumental)
14a. There were shepherds abiding in the fields (secco recitative for soprano)
14b. And lo, the angel of the Lord (accompanied recitative for soprano)
15. And the angel said unto them (secco recitative for soprano)
16. And suddenly there was with the angel (accompanied recitative for soprano)
17. Glory to God in the highest (chorus)
42:55 Scene 5: Christs healing and redemption
18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (secco recitative for soprano or alto)
20. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (alto and/or soprano)
21. His yoke is easy (duet chorus)
En juin 2014, Sir John Eliot Gardiner célébrait les 50 ans du Monteverdi Choir en interprétant, à la Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles, trois oeuvres majeures de la musique baroque: la déchirante cantate «Christ Lag in Todesbanden» de Bach, le virtuose «Dixit Dominus» de Haendel, authentique feu dartifice vocal, et le grand Motet versaillais «In Convertendo» de Rameau!
PROGRAMME ⤵
George Frideric Haendel (1685 – 1759)
«Dixit Dominus»
Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685 – 1750)
«Christ lag in Todesbanden, cantate BWV 4»
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
«In Convertendo»
DISTRIBUTION ⤵
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner — Direction musicale
Concert filmé à la Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles le 22 juin 2014.